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Rakeclaw Gargantuan

Card Name

Rakeclaw Gargantuan

Mana Cost

2

Type

Creature – Beast

Rarity

Common

rules Text

1
: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains first strike until end of turn.

Flavor Text

Naya teems with gargantuans, titanic monsters to whom both nature and civilization defer.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/1/2008)
The ability checks the targeted creature's power twice: when the creature becomes the target, and when the ability resolves. Once the ability resolves, it will continue to apply to the affected creature no matter what its power may become later in the turn.